Last week’s permit review flagged producers receiving their first permits of 2026 or entering a new state, county or play. These changes offer an early view of where operators may be directing capital. A permit is a reason to investigate an account, but drilling schedules, budgets and service requirements still need to be confirmed.
Operator activity and sales priorities
| Priority | Operators | OFS opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Production growth and field services | Double Barrel Oil, N & W Enterprises, C & G Drilling, Trueblood Resources and Wapiti Petroleum | These operators have identifiable producing portfolios or recent production records. Sales teams should confirm which permits represent new drilling, recompletions or extensions of existing fields, then approach the relevant teams with drilling, completion and production service proposals. |
| Maintenance Plus | N & W, Double Barrel, C & G, Trueblood, Wapiti and Sherman Dean Moran | Existing well inventories create openings for artificial lift, production chemicals, field monitoring, workovers and well integrity services. Start with a field review that identifies underperforming wells and estimates the value of improving uptime or recovery. Moran’s current producing count needs verification before sizing an offer. |
| Focused, early-stage follow-up | Daniel B. Fugazzi, RBT Oil Group, Bens Run Land Company and SKY3D | Pursue the specific permit and asset first. Fugazzi has a small producing base; RBT’s identified activity includes a recompletion permit; Bens Run’s catalogued wells appear to be legacy assets; and SKY3D’s operated well count remains unclear. |
| Specialized or unverified accounts | BKVerde, Tivoli Services, Stephen and Cathy Offenberger, and Timothy and Joann Scholl | BKVerde’s CO₂ storage wells call for a specialized subsurface and injection well approach. Tivoli is primarily a pipeline operator. Confirm the Offenberger account match and whether the historical Scholl well has any current activity before assigning conventional drilling sales resources. |
N & W Enterprises is the strongest immediate Maintenance Plus prospect in this group: one source identifies 109 currently producing Kansas wells, while state records list 116 oil wells in 2026 through March. Double Barrel also merits attention, with an estimated 132 producing wells in West Texas. C & G has 28 oil wells in Kansas state production records through May, Trueblood has an estimated 22 producing wells across its broader portfolio, and Wapiti reports 21 producing wells. These figures come from different datasets and dates, so they should guide account research rather than be treated as directly comparable measures.
For senior management, the opportunity is a mix of new project work and recurring production support. Sales teams should review each permit’s well type, location and intended operation; check for rigs, recent completions and existing service relationships; and then route the account to the right product line. Marketing can support that outreach with county-specific briefs and a practical Maintenance Plus offer built around production reliability, artificial lift, chemicals and workovers.
Industry impact: the safe barrel
If these permits become productive projects, they could help sustain domestic oil and gas supply. Maintenance work may contribute sooner by reducing downtime and improving recovery from wells already in service. The effect of this particular group on national volumes cannot yet be quantified: permits alone do not establish production. The broader context is substantial—EIA’s September outlook forecasts U.S. crude oil production averaging 13.8 million barrels per day in 2026. In that setting, a “safe barrel” depends on reliable operations and disciplined development as much as on new drilling.
Bens Run Land Company Limited Partnership is a Columbus-based limited partnership associated with 12 catalogued West Virginia wells. None are marked active in the cited well dataset, so its recorded portfolio appears more relevant to legacy-well review than current drilling activity.
BKVerde LLC is BKV Corporation’s carbon storage subsidiary with projects under regulatory review in Louisiana and Texas. Its identifiable well activity consists of one issued test-well permit and two proposed CO₂ injection wells, with no verified producing oil and gas well count for this entity.
C & G Drilling is a Eureka-based drilling contractor that also operates Kansas oil wells. State production records list 28 oil wells for 2026 through May, while a broader database associates 100 current and historical Kansas wells with the company.
Double Barrel Oil LLC is a Brenham-based operator with West Texas production concentrated in properties such as the Whiteface and Fort Stockton units. Public data lists 337 wells operated historically and estimates 132 producing wells associated with the company.
Daniel B. Fugazzi is an Enid-based individual operator with 14 wells on record in Noble and Kay counties, Oklahoma. A production database identifies four producing wells, while the broader inventory also includes disposal and other wells.
Sherman Dean Moran is an Ohio operator with 122 wells on file, primarily in Knox, Coshocton and Licking counties. The available sources do not support a reliable current producing-well count under his operator name, although they show historical production and well activity.
N & W Enterprises is a Fort Scott-based oil operator focused on Crawford County, Kansas. State production records list 116 oil wells for 2026 through March, while a broader database identifies 109 currently producing wells and 439 associated wells overall.
Stephen and Cathy Offenberger could not be confirmed as a registered oil and gas operator from the public records reviewed. A well API number, permit, or state associated with the account would allow a more precise match and well count.
RBT Oil Group is a Houston-based operator with three identified wells across Duval and Liberty counties, Texas. Its recent activity includes a Herrin #1 recompletion permit, while the available production data does not establish a reliable current producing-well count.
SKY3D, LLC is an oil and gas interest holder linked to White River Energy leadership, with Louisiana well records in Concordia and Avoyelles parishes. One directory lists 30 wells on file, but another identifies only one permitted well under the name, leaving the current operated and producing counts unconfirmed.
Timothy and Joann Scholl are listed as operator of record for one well, Mercer 1, in Morgan County, Ohio. The record is historical, with no recent drilling shown and no verified current producing-well count.
Tivoli Services is primarily a North Texas crude oil pipeline operator, rather than a conventional well producer. One Wichita County well permit appears under its name, but no completed or producing well was verified.
Trueblood Resources is a Denver-based operator focused on the Oklahoma Anadarko Basin, with additional oil operations at the Fitzgerald property in Anderson County, Texas. Public databases list 70 Oklahoma wells and 29 Texas wells operated historically, while a cross-state source estimates 22 producing wells.
Wapiti Petroleum operates a Kansas oil and gas portfolio with 21 producing wells reported in its operator profile. State records list the operator as active and report 2026 production through May.
Author: phinds